Summer and Post-Graduation Bloomberg Law, Lexis, and Westlaw Access

Continuing students: You will have unrestricted access to your Bloomberg Law and Lexis accounts this summer. There is no need to register and you do not have to limit use to academic purposes during the summer months. (You must limit use of your Lexis account to academic purposes during the regular academic school year.) You will also have access to your Westlaw account this summer, including Practical Law, but must continue to limit use of this account to non-commercial purposes. Non-commercial purposes include summer coursework, Research Assistant assignments, law review or journal work, moot court research, unpaid non-profit public interest work, clinical work for credit, and internships/externships for credit through the law school.

Graduating students: Your unrestricted Bloomberg Law access continues for six months after you graduate. Access to Lexis continues through December 31, 2020, and use is not restricted to academic purposes after you graduate. After July 5, your view when you sign into the Lexis Law School home page will change to a Graduate home page where you will be able to access resources, videos, career support, breaking legal news, and redeem a graduation gift from Lexis. Graduates, you must redeem any LexisNexis Rewards by June 30, 2020 or those points will expire. Your post-graduation access to Westlaw continues for the next year, but you must enroll in the Grad Elite program to take advantage of this extended access. If you haven’t already enrolled, click here to take that important step. Like post-graduation BLaw and Lexis access, your Grad Elite access is not restricted to academic or other non-commercial purposes after graduation. Expect to receive an email from Professor Olson with additional information about this extended Westlaw access after the exam period. Your continued access to Bloomberg Law, Lexis, and Westlaw is tied to the graduation date in your account profiles for each system.

All: Employers or organizations with which you volunteer or intern might require or prefer that you use firm/organization accounts rather than database access through your school account. Please be sure to understand and comply with relevant practices and policies. Importantly, you must not share your Marquette-affiliated account credentials or access with anyone, including classmates or colleagues at work who have their own accounts.

Please contact us at the Reference Desk if you have questions about these or other resources or if you have other questions or research needs this summer and beyond.

Contact: Elana Olson